Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.

Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (1 October 1768-20 June 1828) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 21) from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1807 (preceding Wilson Cary Nicholas) and Governor of Virginia from 1 December 1819 to 1 December 1822 (succeeding James Patton Preston and preceding James Pleasants).

Biography
Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. was born in Tuckahoe, Henrico County, Virginia in 1768, and he came from a prominent family of planters; he was descended from Pocahontas through his mother. After studying at the College of William and Mary and in Edinburgh, he became a botanist, and he served in the State Senate from 1793 to 1794, in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1807, in the House of Delegates from 1819 to 1820 and from 1823 to 1825, and Governor of Virginia from 1819 to 1822. He was a progressive governor, supporting canals, education, and more political representation for the common man. Randolph became an alcoholic during his adult life, leading to his separation from his wife Martha (the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson), and he died in 1828.